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Post-Closing Trial Balance

• A schedule prepared at the end of the accounting period that proves the equality of total debits
and credits aer the closing process.

• It is oen described as a balance sheet in trial balance form.

• It contains real or permanent accounts only.

• e accounts are arranged as follows: Assets, Liabilities, and Owner’s Equity. e assets are
arranged according to liquidity and the liabilities according to maturity.

• Contra-accounts are presented as credits immediately next to the principal account.

Reversing Entries

• ese are journal entries which facilitate the recording of transactions in the usual manner.

• ese entries are the exact reversal of some adjusting entries.

• ese are optional entries.

Adjusting Entries which may be Reversed

1. All accrual-type adjusting entries

2. Prepaid expenses under the expense method

3. Unearned income under the income method



All other adjusting entries are not reversed.

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